Observations from White Sox shortstop prospect Gordon Beckham

Down By The River

So recently I have continued to notice that I don’t know “jack squat” about anything. I might as well be living “in a van down by the river!” While the baseball seems to be coming relatively easy, the clubhouse ribbing seems to get even tougher. Lately, the border war between AJ and I has become relatively heated.I have hit two homeruns this spring training and the next day is always a rough one.AJ claims that my bag is on his side of the “border”.I walk in and he asks why I placed my bag inside of his locker.He insists that I purposely threw my bag in his locker to mock him.I think we all know that is the last thing I want.

It seems like everything I do is put under the microscope.But I guess that’s ok because it keeps me on my toes.The other day was Harold Baines’ birthday.I actually had the day off that day but as soon as I got to the field, AJ informed me I would be presenting the cake to Harold.So in the bottom of the first I came out of the bathroom with the cake and presented it to Harold.Harold almost dropped the cake which would have been awesome.I was kind of hoping he would just throw the cake on me because I deserved it!But that would have been detrimental to the stomachs of our training staff who devoured the whole cake once it was safely back in the dugout.

To take a quote from Matt Foley:

“You kids are probably saying to yourselves, hey I’m going to go out and grab the world by the tail and wrap it around and pull it down and put it in my pocket. Well I’m here to tell you, your probably going to find out as you go out there…that your probably not going to amount to jack squat!”

Well to be honest, the last couple weeks have made me feel that way. I’m pretty depressed.

Just Kidding.

“A funny thing to do is, if you’re out hiking and your friend gets bitten by apoisonous snake, tell him you’re going to go for help, then go about ten feetand pretend that *you* got bit by a snake. Then start an argument with himabout who’s going to go get help. A lot of guys will start crying. That’s whyit makes you feel good when you tell them it was just a joke.”

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Good luck with AJ. Hearing your stories about him are pretty much the highlight of my day. :) I honestly love your blog…you’re hilarious. Keep having a good spring training, and I hope you start on Saturday or Sunday since I’ll be at those games. I’d love to see you play live!
Jenhttp://ajroxmywhitesox.mlblogs.com

Take all of it in stride. It’s how you get welcomed to the Majors! Eventually, it will get better and then you will get to harass some rookie in the near future! Keep your head up and enjoy the rest of Spring Training!!!

Ha, that’s AJ just being AJ. I have a feeling that if he’s messing with you means you’re on the way to the “inside”. He wouldn’t do it if he didn’t think you had potential. Guy has a funny way of showing you he likes you.

And hang in there! You are underestimating yourself. We all know you’ve got what it takes; you’ve just gotta climb the mountain to get to the top! Sometimes the learning curve is just harder than we planned.
~Deanna

That’s just AJ, just like the others said. And, that is why we love him so much. Just wait till you have to wear a dress or something when you go on your first road trip in the majors. You’ll look back on all this stuff and laugh!~

Gordon, you seem like a down to earth fun loving guy. I love to see that in athletes and celebrities. I can’t wait to see you play and see how your career pans out. I wish you the best of luck, just keep being who you are. http://eatsleepmlb.mlblogs.com/

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